wyszukanych pozycji: 11
If You Meet the Buddha on the Road: Buddhism, Politics, and Violence
ISBN: 9780190683566 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Drawing on Buddhist treatments of violence, this book explores Buddhist invocation, support, or justification of war, conflict, state violence, and gender discrimination. In addition, it examines the ways in which Buddhists address violence as military chaplains, cope with violence in a conflict zone, and serve as witnesses of blasphemy to Buddhism.
Drawing on Buddhist treatments of violence, this book explores Buddhist invocation, support, or justification of war, conflict, state violence, and ge...
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593,69 zł |
The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Buddhism
ISBN: 9780199362387 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 760 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. As an incredibly diverse religious system, Buddhism is constantly changing. The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Buddhism offers a comprehensive collection of work by leading scholars in the field that tracks these changes up to the present day. Taken together, the book provides a blueprint to understanding Buddhism's past and uses it to explore the ways in which Buddhism has transformed in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
The volume contains 41 essays, divided into two sections. The essays in the first section examine the historical development of Buddhist traditions... As an incredibly diverse religious system, Buddhism is constantly changing. The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Buddhism offers a comprehensi...
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781,16 zł |
Buddhist Fury: Religion and Violence in Southern Thailand
ISBN: 9780199793242 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Buddhist violence is not a well-known concept. In fact, it is generally considered an oxymoron. An image of a Buddhist monk holding a handgun or the idea of a militarized Buddhist monastery tends to stretch the imagination; yet these sights exist throughout southern Thailand.
Michael Jerryson offers an extensive examination of one of the least known but longest-running conflicts of Southeast Asia. Part of this conflict, based primarily in Thailand's southernmost provinces, is fueled by religious divisions. Thailand's total population is over 92 percent Buddhist, but over 85 percent of... Buddhist violence is not a well-known concept. In fact, it is generally considered an oxymoron. An image of a Buddhist monk holding a handgun or the i...
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186,22 zł |
Buddhist Fury: Religion and Violence in Southern Thailand
ISBN: 9780199793235 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Buddhist violence is not a well-known concept. In fact, it is generally considered an oxymoron. An image of a Buddhist monk holding a handgun or the idea of a militarized Buddhist monastery tends to stretch the imagination; yet these sights exist throughout southern Thailand.
Michael Jerryson offers an extensive examination of one of the least known but longest-running conflicts of Southeast Asia. Part of this conflict, based primarily in Thailand's southernmost provinces, is fueled by religious divisions. Thailand's total population is over 92 percent Buddhist, but over 85 percent of... Buddhist violence is not a well-known concept. In fact, it is generally considered an oxymoron. An image of a Buddhist monk holding a handgun or the i...
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326,24 zł |
Mongolian Buddhism: The Rise and Fall of the Sangha
ISBN: 9789749511268 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Mongolian Buddhism is the first book to explore the development of Mongolia's state religion, from its formation in the thirteenth century around the time of Chinggis Qaan (Genghis Khan) until its demise in the twentieth century under the Soviet Union. Until its downfall, Mongolian Buddhism had served as a scientific, political, and medical resource for the Mongolian people. During the 1930s, Mongolian Buddhist monasticism, the caretaker of these resources, was methodically and systematically demolished. Lamas were forced to apostatize, and were either enslaved or... Mongolian Buddhism is the first book to explore the development of Mongolia's state religion, from its formation in the thirteenth century a... |
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105,48 zł |
Buddhist-Muslim Relations in a Theravada World
ISBN: 9789813298835 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 311 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. |
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587,67 zł |
Buddhist Warfare
ISBN: 9780195394832 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Though traditionally regarded as a peaceful religion, Buddhism has a dark side. On multiple occasions over the past fifteen centuries, Buddhist leaders have sanctioned violence, and even war. The eight essays in this book focus on a variety of Buddhist traditions, from antiquity to the present, and show that Buddhist organizations have used religious images and rhetoric to support military conquest throughout history. Buddhist soldiers in sixth century China were given the illustrious status of Bodhisattva after killing their adversaries. In seventeenth century Tibet, the Fifth Dalai Lama...
Though traditionally regarded as a peaceful religion, Buddhism has a dark side. On multiple occasions over the past fifteen centuries, Buddhist leader...
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693,67 zł |
Buddhist-Muslim Relations in a Theravada World
ISBN: 9789813298866 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 311 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. |
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587,67 zł |
Violence and the World's Religious Traditions: An Introduction
ISBN: 9780190649654 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Is religion inherently predisposed to violence? Or has religion been taken hostage by a politics of aggression? The years since the end of the Cold War have shown a noticeable shift in patterns of religious extremism, accentuating the uncomfortable, complex, and oft-misunderstood relationship between religion and violence. The essays in this succinct new volume examine that relationship by offering a well-rounded look at violence as it appears in the world's most prominent religious traditions, exploring Hindu, Buddhist, Chinese, Sikh, Jewish, Christian, Islamic, African, and Pacific Island...
Is religion inherently predisposed to violence? Or has religion been taken hostage by a politics of aggression? The years since the end of the Cold Wa...
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693,67 zł |
The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence
ISBN: 9780190270094 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 672 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Violence has always played a part in the religious imagination, from symbols and myths to legendary battles, from colossal wars to the theater of terrorism. The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence surveys intersections between religion and violence throughout history and around the world.
The forty original essays in this volume include overviews of major religious traditions, showing how violence is justified within the literary and theological foundations of the tradition, how it is used symbolically and in ritual practice, and how social acts of violence and warfare have... Violence has always played a part in the religious imagination, from symbols and myths to legendary battles, from colossal wars to the theater of terr...
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241,21 zł |
Violence and the World's Religious Traditions: An Introduction
ISBN: 9780190649661 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Is religion inherently predisposed to violence? Or has religion been taken hostage by a politics of aggression? The years since the end of the Cold War have shown a noticeable shift in patterns of religious extremism, accentuating the uncomfortable, complex, and oft-misunderstood relationship between religion and violence. The essays in this succinct new volume examine that relationship by offering a well-rounded look at violence as it appears in the world's most prominent religious traditions, exploring Hindu, Buddhist, Chinese, Sikh, Jewish, Christian, Islamic, African, and Pacific Island...
Is religion inherently predisposed to violence? Or has religion been taken hostage by a politics of aggression? The years since the end of the Cold Wa...
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148,72 zł |